Sep 13, 2000

WILLIAM HENRY "BILL" WHITE, 62, OF 100 BRADLEY STREET DIED WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF FLUVANNA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. HE HAD RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE SINCE 1958. MR. WHITE RETIRED IN 1995 AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE STREET DEPARTMENT AND WAS A KOREAN WAR VETERAN...

Sep 11, 2000

Jessie Alma Taylor Devore, 95, of 33 Upper Saw Branch Road, died Monday, September 11, 2000 at the Mt Pisgah Family Care Home. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a daughter of the late George Turner and Martha Rice Taylor and the wife of Eulus Homer Devore who died in 1970 and was a member of Brown's...

Sep 11, 2000

ASHEVILLE - JOE LEE VAUGHAN, 64, OF 309 SUMMIT ST. DIED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 IN MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER. MR. VAUGHAN WAS A NATIVE AND LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF BILTMORE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM C. AND FLORA JOHNSON PRITCHARD VAUGHAN. SURVIVING ARE HIS...

Sep 11, 2000

LILLIE MAE BYRD GRINDSTAFF, 81, OF 95 HOLCOMBE COVE ROAD, DIED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 IN PISGAH MANOR HEALTH CARE. A NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SUNRISE BAPTIST CHURCH AND HAD WORKED AS A PRIVATE DUTY NURSE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELMER...

Sep 8, 2000

LEICESTER - B.E. "STORMY" BISHOP, 64, OF DIX CREEK #1 DIED FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2000 IN A TAYLORSVILLE, NC NURSING HOME. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A FARMER AND WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ERNEST H. AND GUSSIE EMORY BISHOP. SURVIVING ARE HIS BROTHERS, ALFRED BISHOP OF ASHEVILLE AND...

Sep 4, 2000

ASHEVILLE - WILLARD ODELL HEDDEN, 59. OF 121 BARTLETT STREET DIED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY, HE WAS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND A SON OF MARIE BERRY HEDDEN OF CANDLER AND THE LATE EVERETT RED HEDDEN. HIS SISTER, BETTY HEDDEN MOSS PRECEDED HIM IN...

Sep 4, 2000

ROGER ALLEN BANKS, 53, OF 928 OLD FORT ROAD LOT#4 DIED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 AT HIS HOME. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A MEMBER AND DEACON OF WILKEY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS EMPLOYED WITH CHARLES D. OWEN CORP. HE SANG WITH THE GOSPEL GROUP NEW BEGINNINGS HE WAS A SON OF LENNIE...

Sep 3, 2000

ASHEVILLE - DALE E. LANCE, 73, OF 29 NEWFOUND ROAD, WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE, AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS THE 12th CHILD OF THE LATE GASTON AND CARRIE MORGAN LANCE. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY...

Sep 1, 2000

ASHEVILLE - GLENN VIRGEL REINHARDT, 81, OF 308 NEW LEICESTER HWY, DIED FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF CATAWBA COUNTY HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1967. HE RETIRED FROM THE U.S. NAVY IN 1961 AFTER 24 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. HE WAS A PEARL...

Aug 30, 2000

ASHEVILLE - SAMUEL E. RUTH, 93, OF 44 BEN LIPPEN ROAD, DIED WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30, 2000 AT THE BLUE RIDGE REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF HENDERSON COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 65 YEARS. HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS AN ADULT BIBLE TEACHER AT...

Aug 28, 2000

ASHEVILLE - SHIRLEY MAE PARKS CURTIS, 68, OF 15 BEN LIPPEN ROAD, LOT # 16 DIED MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2000 AT THE MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE SOLACE CENTER FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF MARION, ILLINOIS. SHE HAD RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE SINCE 1988. MRS. CURTIS WAS A HOMEMAKER, VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR IN 1993 WITH THE SALVATION ARMY HERE...

Aug 27, 2000

ASHEVILLE - WILLIAM GLENN PREACHER KIRBY, 96, OF MOUNTAIN BROOK RIDGE CARE HOME DIED AUGUST 27, 2000. A NATIVE OF CALDWELL COUNTY, HE HAD RESIDED IN ASHEVILLE FROM 1935 TO 1939 AND FROM 1945 UNTIL NOW. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE FRANK AND ELIZABETH FLOWERS KIRBY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE OF 73 YEARS,...

Aug 21, 2000

ASHEVILLE - WINNIE MAE "NANNIE" LOWE RIDDLE, 98, OF 51 GOODMAN ROAD, DIED MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2000 AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF MAYO, SC AND HAD RESIDED IN MADISON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ELK MOUNTAIN BAPTIST CHURCH AND RETIRED FROM BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES....

Aug 20, 2000

ASHEVILLE - JOHN WILLIAM "JOHNNY" STAFFON, SR., 60, OF 58 FULTON ST., DIED SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND THE SON OF THE LATE HOWRD NICHOLAS AND MYRTLE WEST STAFFON. MR. STAFFON WAS EMPLOYED BY SKYLAND OLDSMOBILE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS AND WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED WITH MATTHEWS FORD...

Aug 18, 2000

ARDEN - GENEVA ETHEL LUTHER, 88, OF 42 NEW ROCKWOOD RD. LOT 4, DEARLY BELOVED WENT OF BE WITH THE LORD ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000 IN ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY AND HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH ON HAYWOOD STREET....

Aug 12, 2000

ASHEVILLE - WILLIAM ALEXANDER "MAC" McELDUFF, 88, OF 212 E. CHESTNUT STREET, DIED SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE. A NATIVE OF BLACKSTOCK, S.C. AND RESIDENT OF ASHEVILLE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE HENRY M. McELDUFF AND SARA ALEXANDER McCARLEY McELDUFF AND WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS, JAMES EDWIN "JIM"...

Mar 4, 2000

Leicester - Michael Patrick Berry, 26, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2000.

Michael was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County, a telephone system installer, and member of Freedom Baptist Church.

Surviving are his parents, Vaughn Ellis Berry and Nancy Bowlin Hensley; Sons: Logan and Jonathan; brother, Sonny Berry; step-sister, Stephanie...

Nov 23, 1995

Dewey Richard Sluder, 25, passed away on Thursday, November, 23, 1995 at Memorial Mission Hospital. A native of Panama City, Panama, he resided in Buncombe County for 24 years. He was a son of Roy Samuel Sluder and Patricia Ann Messer Duarte. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was employed as a CNA at Victory...

Oct 22, 1983

Delray Beach, FL Private memorial graveside services for Kathleen Helen Kathy Randall, who passed away October 22, 1983 will be held at 1 PM Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, NC. Kathy was born in Miami, FL on April 18, 1958 to the late Leslie Paul Randall and Helen Eula Travis Randall and was a member...

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